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Hotting up in Mitchell Lane

Chop Chop opened its first Glasgow restaurant on Mitchell Lane last month and now Fergus McVicar has just opened Tabac. Chop Chop, which already operates in Edinburgh specialises in north eastern Chinese cuisine, and serves dishes served in an authentic Chinese manner, where dishes are brought to the table in random order as soon as they are ready. Their first restaurant in Edinburgh has been open for over nine years, it has been a huge success and has over 20,000 loyal members.

Owner and head chef Jian Wang said, “We are really excited about the new design in our Glasgow restaurant which will be emulated across our subsequent restaurant openings. We have been planning to expand for a number of years and Glasgow seemed like the obvious next step.”

Meanwhile Fergus, who is a well known figure in Glasgow bar-land, with his previous successes including The Variety Bar and Chinaski’s, has opened Tabac. Located on the site of the former Bar 10, the new bar, which has some striking lighting arrangements, is being promoted as an “Illicit drinking den” and has a very definite French cafe/bistro feel.

07/04/2015Tags: Bar, Bar 10, chinaskis, Chinese, Chop Chop, Edinburgh, Fergus McVicar, French-style, Glasgow, Jian Wang, restaurants, Tabac, Variety Bar

Crowd funding for Chop Chop

Chinese restaurant chain Chop Chop, which achieved instant fame on Gordon Ramsay’s F-Word, is using crowd funding to open its latest venture in Glasgow. Owners Roy King and Jian Wang plan to open In December and are inviting people to invest in the new Mitchell Street restaurant. This is despite closing one of their Edinburgh outlets, which has now been taken over by Tom Kitchin. Chop Chop still have a Morrison Street restaurant in Edinburgh and say they are planning four or five more places including Glasgow.

All its investors will receive vouchers to spend at Chop Chop along with extra discounts for larger investors. The public can easily invest as little as £100 on Angels Den (www.angelsden.com/project-view/chop-chop/). The money raised will go towards the new restaurant in Mitchell Street, Glasgow, which will total £430,000 in construction and pre-opening costs. Any surplus funds raised will be applied to the opening of their second site.

07/11/2014Tags: Angels Den, Chinese, Chop Chop, crowd funding, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gordon Ramsay, Jian Wang, Morrison Street, Roy King, Tom Kitchin

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Hotting up in Mitchell Lane

Crowd funding for Chop Chop